Manu Vatuvei is 'blown away' at being the New Zealand Warriors' representative in the first-ever NRL All Stars team that will take on the NRL Indigenous All Stars on February 13.
The 23-year-old Kiwis wing joins some of the game's biggest names in the season-launching clash at Skilled Park in Robina.
After a public vote, Vatuvei was given the nod ahead of Micheal Luck, Simon Mannering and Sam Rapira for the club's spot in the squad.
It's an awesome honour to make the team," said Vatuvei on Friday.
"I'm blown away to think I'll be playing alongside all those great players.
It's exciting and I can't wait to get together with Wayne [Bennett] and all the boys named."
Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah said it was a wonderful achievement for Vatuvei, who has proven himself as one of the most destructive wings in the game.
"He has achieved so much in recent years and is hugely popular with fans not just at the Vodafone Warriors but everywhere," he said.
"It's fantastic for Manu to be acknowledged in this way and it's a tremendous moment for the game at large to have a game like this."
Vatuvei will have some New Zealand company in the side with World Cup team-mates Benji Marshall and Adam Blair, but the other 17 players in the 20-man squad have all been opponents at international and club level.
Bennett named Vatuvei to start on the left wing in the playing line-up, linking up with a backline filled to the brim with quality.
With Marshall and Australian captain Darren Lockyer in the halves, to the centres Michael Jennings and Matt Cooper, right winger Israel Folau and fullback Billy Slater, it is a backline to be wary of.
Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne was named on the bench after keeping out Kiwi prop Fuifui Moimoi in the public vote.
With Blair and Smith automatic selections as vice-captains of their national sides, the Melbourne Storm have three players in the line-up.
Blair's named with his Storm team-mate Smith at hooker and South Sydney's new recruit Dave Taylor in the starting front row. The back rowers are Manly's Anthony Watmough, Ellis and Luke O'Donnell (North Queensland).
The seven players on the bench are: Kurt Gidley (Newcastle), Anthony Tupou (Cronulla), Nate Myles (Sydney Roosters), Anthony Tupou (Cronulla), Luke Bailey (Gold Coast), Josh Morris (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) and Hayne.